The famous Korean breaded pork, but in its traditional Korean version! A delicacy with a simply divine sauce The first thing you notice is the size: a golden oval that takes up the entire plate. Under the blade, the crust yields with a slight crackle as a brown, buttery sauce […]
A delicious Korean knife-cut noodle soup, served in an anchovy broth with various toppings and spicy sauce. The first thing you notice is the mist. A veil of fragrant noodle steam condenses on the window as summer rain “patters on the awning. Diners lean over bowls that gurgle like small […]
A Delicious, Highly Spiced Traditional Variant of Korean Kimbap On a misty afternoon at Jinju’s Jungang Market, a chili-scented steam rises from a modest bunsik. It wafts down the alley, attracting passersby. Customers wipe their foggy glasses, don plastic gloves, and queue for a seemingly ordinary seaweed roll, accompanied by […]
A super simple recipe to make your own Korean fish cakes at home On a January morning on a Busan avenue, briny steam wafts from a stainless steel cart, fogging the vendor’s glasses and enveloping passersby in a marine aroma. Schoolchildren stick wooden skewers into a cup containing an anchovy […]
The server places a dish as wide as a wok on the table, from which a fragrant, warm aroma of soy sauce and ginger escapes. Pieces of chicken glisten under a mahogany-colored glaze; translucent noodles curl like glass ribbons around fist-sized potatoes, and long green peppers float on the surface, […]
A spicy, restaurant-quality tantanmen ramen you can make in no time. A rich, punchy broth topped with deeply savory meat3a that’s my promise to you, dear readers, with this much-loved ramen recipe (one my subscribers keep begging for). There is plenty to cover, so let’s dive straight in. Tantanmen, what […]
Spicy, flavorful, and ready in no time It’s been a while since I shared an obscure Chinese recipe for spicy noodles, hasn’t it? Don’t worry, though; this one is still very easy to make (I will spare you the chore of making the noodles from scratch). If you’ve already tried […]
A delicious Japanese recipe combining thick udon noodles with a delicious creamy and comforting Japanese curry Curry udon (カレーうどん), sometimes also called kare udon or curry udon, is a perfect example of Japanese cuisine blending washoku (traditional Japanese cuisine) and yoshoku (Japanese cuisine with Western influences). This dish combines a […]
The foolproof way to make maki sushi at home—endless sushi nights for less Hello, dear readers. For a long time, the only related post on the site was my sushi rice recipe, and many of you asked for a dedicated article with step-by-step instructions on assembling sushi—maki, in this case. […]
Delicate rice noodles stir-fried in a fragrant curry sauce Curry? Yep, you read that correctly. To be honest, nothing is right about these noodles. They are called Singapore noodles even though absolutely nothing connects them to Singapore (they were invented in Hong Kong); they use curry, an ingredient that is […]
